Odom’s four-day binge that culminated with him being discovered unconscious in a Nevada brothel was the primary searched matter this yr. The annual breakdown released Wednesday ranks the inquiries that triggered the biggest spikes in traffic on Google’s dominant search engine, excluding queries about sexually explicit subjects.
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Number two and three were the popular movies Jurassic World and American Sniper.
The overview of the year’s biggest trends curated by Google also includes Star Wars that took over the spotlight in the Internet in December, the Rugby World Cup in September and October, and the Federation Internationale de Football Association scam which was trending since April.
A hefty slice of America spent 2015 keeping up with erstwhile Kardashian in-law Lamar Odom and the daughter of the late Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown. He hasn’t played in the National Basketball Association since 2013. And while the highlights are marked by tragedy, Google has opted to search for the good. Google also says that during the height of the migrant crisis in Europe, people started searching for answers to questions like “How to adopt a Syrian orphan child?”
This year, “Jurassic World” became the third highest grossing movie ever and claimed the fourth most searched on Google’s list.
Rousey was the most searched athlete in the USA, edging out Holly Holm, the woman who pummeled her last month to take her championship title.
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“How can I help Nepal?” was a top global search immediately after the devastating quake earlier this year. As such, Google’s Year in Search is perhaps the most reliable litmus test for the zeitgeist than any other year-end roundup we have; certainly more so than Facebook’s or Twitter’s. Numerous topics span many locations, with the rest being cards for more localized events, such as the floods in Chennai for India and the new Prime Minister for Australia. The most searched people in 2015 in the United States were Odom, Caitlyn Jenner, Ronda Rousey, Donald Trump, and Ruby Rose.
